Canadian Anti-Hate Network
| Abbreviation | CAHN |
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| Formation | 2018 |
| Founder | Bernie Farber |
| Type | "Anti-racist" political organization and lobbying group |
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Key people
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Bernie Farber, Evan Balgord |
| Website | antihate.ca |
The Canadian Anti-Hate Network (CAHN) is a Canadian "anti-racist" political organization that monitors what it describes as hate groups, extreme far-right organizations and hate crimes in Canada. It was established in 2018 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada by more than fifteen journalists, community leaders, academics and legal experts. CAHN provides information to journalists and the media, researchers, law enforcement, policy makers, and community organizations. The organization is modelled after and supported by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
In its first public statement in 2018, the organization called for criminal charges to be brought against Montreal IT consultant Gabriel Sohier Chaput, a writer for the controversial neo-Nazi The Daily Stormer website, who goes by the pseudonym Charles Zeiger.
On November 1, 2020, Chris Vanderweide, known as 'Helmet Guy' for causing controversy at Hamilton Pride 2019, was arrested by the York Regional Police (YRP) and charged with uttering threats against CAHN chair Bernie Farber and CAHN executive director Evan Balgord in a private Facebook group. Before contacting the YRP, CAHN had contacted the Hamilton Police Service (HPS) about the threats, but HPS declined to investigate the alleged threats due to their wording. Afterwards, Farber called for an internal investigation into the HPS and for Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger to look into why the threats were not further investigated. In response, Constable Jerome Stewart said that "The matter is before the court system in York Region and as such Hamilton Police will not provide any further comments at this time".
In the aftermath of the 2021 Capitol protests, a team from CAHN was attempting to identify three people seen at the protests, one of whom was holding a Canadian flag.
On April 15, 2021, CAHN filed a complaint with the Law Society of Ontario against criminal defense lawyer Colin A. Browne for reciting the oath of the Proud Boys organization in a video posted on Telegram.
